Walsall are unbeaten against Wrexham since February 2001, although the two sides have not locked horns since April 2007. Wrexham will be desperate to get their campaign up and running in terms of a win, and we are expecting the Welsh outfit to navigate their way to all three points.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Wrexham win with a probability of 56.97%. A draw had a probability of 22.4% and a win for Walsall had a probability of 20.64%.
The most likely scoreline for a Wrexham win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.16%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.91%) and 2-0 (9.54%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.55%), while for a Walsall win it was 0-1 (5.62%). The actual scoreline of 4-2 was predicted with a 1.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Wrexham would win this match.
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